Dame this and Lady (legal wife of Sir) that – will the Coalition reinstate knighthoods if they win on 7 September? We are sure they would find this another compelling argument against gay marriage! Very disappointing that the future of our constitutional monarchy and certain destiny as a Republic did not feature at all in what was presented to the electorate by the two major parties during the campaign Neither has a vision for the future or the courage to see it through. Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman, reinstated the QC title for the State’s senior counsel on 7 June this year, with 70 of the 73 appointees taking up the offer. Meanwhile in New Zealand, the republic/monarchy debate has had quite an airing in the last couple of months and a parliamentary committee is examining their royal succession bill – we haven’t got one of those either yet, coming up in next Parliament.
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